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It is not by measure that God gives the Spirit

Herold Weiss | 13

Café Hispano

Dios no da el Espíritu por medida

Herold Weiss

Spirituality

Easter's Residue

Dave Thomas | 7

Column

Let's Talk

Keith Augustus Burton | 10

Café Hispano

Los jóvenes adventistas de Catalunya participan en la esfera pública

Ruben Sanchez | 11

Sabbath School

The Role of Institutions in Evangelism – A Call to the Adventist Business Community

Kim Papaioannou

Escuela sabática

“Dando testimonio: la retórica de la influencia”

Karl. G. Wilcox

LSU Responds to Biology Professor Lee Greer
La Sierra University | 36

La Sierra University generated a lot of news last week, with a press release by biology professor Dr. Lee Greer that prompted a story in the local paper. Asked for a response, this is what the university had to say.
Atlantic Union Conference Releases Statement on Women in Ministry
Atlantic Union Conference | 53

At its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on May 10, 2012, the Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee voted the following statement regarding women in ministry.
Ascension and Pentecost: Between the Ups and Downs
Scott Arany

Waiting is difficult. How do we know the difference between procrastination and holy waiting? How can we wait when so many things seem to demand action or response? How long must we wait when we’re promised something wonderful?

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Kinship International Responds to British Union Conference Statement on Same-Sex Marriage

Kinship International | 178

We carefully read the British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists’ recent statement about the government’s 12-week consultation on same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

Creations—Artists

Leslie Foster

This week's selection of films is focused on artists. The short films explore artists' connection to religion, spirituality, God, country, and war—connections that are sometimes fraught with tension but can bear amazing fruit.

1. Invocation

Sabbath Sermon: Science & Genesis—N.T. Wright, John Polkinghorne, Allister McGrath

Alexander Carpenter | 22

Ethics, Evolution, and Ben Carson

Alexander Carpenter | 403

This week, the story about Emory University faculty and students voicing concern about a statement by Ben Carson has moved from academic online news to Washington Post to conservative Christian blogosphere.

Adventists in Politics: Healers of the Nations?

Jared Wright | 8

This Saturday, May 12, four members of the Adventist community will speak at the Loma Linda University Damazo Amphitheater about their involvement in local and national politics. Ronald Daily, a member of the Loma Linda City Council; Bill Emmerson, a California State Senator; Justin Kim, a candidate for U.S. Congress and Doug Welebir, a past mayor of the City of Loma Linda will talk about the intersections of faith and the public arena. Should more Adventists run for office, or are there good reasons not to?

Pacific Union Conference Calls Special Constituency Meeting to Authorize Equality in Ordination

Alexander Carpenter | 91

The following document was published by the Pacific Union Conference as a record of its executive committee's action on May 9 regarding the ordination of women.

Terminated LSU Biologist Lee Greer Issues Press Release

Lee Greer | 121

The following was released to the press today by Lee Greer, former assistant professor of biology at La Sierra University, and his legal representation. It is published below without edit. —Alexander Carpenter

La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution, retaliates against an evolutionary biologist on the faculty for proposing how to include creation as a faith position in the science curriculum

Emory University Community Expresses Concern Over Speaker Ben Carson's Views on Evolution

Alexander Carpenter | 76

According to a story that has attracted attention from a Washington Post blogger and Inside Higher Ed, about five hundred Emory University faculty and students expressed concern about statements on evolution and ethics Ben Carson made in an

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